xii, 340 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-328)

Includes indexes

Assyria : background and beginnings -- Early kings of Assyria -- Hurrian interlude : through vassaldom to independence -- Assyrian expansion -- The middle Assyrian empire -- The growth of the new Assyrian empire -- Imperial prime -- Zenith and collapse -- Assyrian society and customs -- The domestic scene -- Agriculture, animal husbandry and trade -- Mastery over the environment : the Assyrians and natural resources -- The supernatural world -- Assyrian medicine -- Assyrian art -- The Assyrian army -- Assyrian writing and literature -- The rediscovery of Assyria

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